A lockdown pup who spent the last four Christmases alone at Dogs Trust Newbury is going to be back up for adoption in the near future.

Polly the three-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross was born in March 2020 during the first lockdown and arrived at Dogs Trust Newbury later that year.

She has been with the charity since October 2020 and has spent four Christmases inside a kennel.

A Dogs Trust spokesman said: "She has had some initial expressions of interest but sadly, none have progressed to an adoption so far."

Since news of Polly’s situation came to light, we reached out to Dogs Trust Newbury to see how she’s doing.

Polly is still spending some time with the Dogs Trust training team while she gets ready to find her forever home.

“We are going to be adding her profile back on the website over the next few weeks,” they said.

“When Polly does hopefully get some interest, it's going to take a few meets with her new family before she leaves permanently for her new forever home – so it might not be an instant adoption.”

Once Polly’s profile is back up, people can start their application on the website via her profile, where they tell Dogs Trust what type of dog they’re looking for.